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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

Oman summit explores steps to a successful smart city

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MUSCAT: Deliberations of the 1st Edition of the Smart City Summit Oman kicked off at Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre on Tuesday on the sidelines of COMEX 2017. The opening ceremony of the summit was held under the auspices of Shaikh Al Fadhl bin Mohammed al Harthy, Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, in the presence of dignitaries, senior officials and diplomats.


Starting off on a positive note, the summit received overwhelming attendance from visiting delegates from Dubai, Qatar, Korea, Saudi Arabia, UK, Belgium, Singapore and India spanning varied economic sectors like IT and technology, telecom, infrastructure, real estate and manufacturing.


The Smart City Summit Oman is hosted under the strategic partnership of the Information Technology Authority (ITA), Oman Broadband and Omran, with the Smart Cities Council as supporting partner and FTTH Council MENA as Association Partner.


Speakers at the summit included over 25 thought leaders and experts presenting case studies from around the world covering Sweden, UK, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Oman, Bahrain, UAE and Saudi Arabia.


The first day of the summit commenced with keynotes on the regional and global vision of smart cities and covered ways on how to build a successful smart city, the initiatives to enhance smart capabilities in Oman, the key role telecom operators play in the vision of smart cities and culminated in a roundtable session which explored a ‘Smart Cities Readiness Guide’ and showcased consumer benefits.


The second day of the Smart City Summit will entail a CEO panel highlighting the concept of a smart city and the major role a national digital vision can play in economy development, followed by sessions which would explore the regional overview of the importance of a solid ICT infrastructure in smart cities, the Internet of Things and smart cities as platforms for innovation, the big wins that cities can achieve and will conclude with a round table discussion focusing on particular aspects of smart cities and the digital vision.


Commenting on the summit proceedings, Tariq Ali, General Manager, OITE Trade Fairs, said “The Smart City Summit Oman intends to complement the efforts and initiatives the country has launched many years ago for the establishment of modern telecommunication and Internet infrastructure. Now, it is time to advance into new concepts that are feasible economically and introduce new horizons for public and economic services. With the plethora of such speakers, we are providing a collective networking and learning experience of the highest level, given the invited delegates and speakers. We are building the block for future growth that creates new trends to advance the economy and create new business opportunities”.


— ONA


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